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Rachel Marsden

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Rachel Marsden is a columnist, political strategist and host of an independently produced French-language program that airs on Sputnik France.




Here’s how the EU system rewards high officials for failure

The blatant incompetence shown by former German Foreign Minister Annalena ‘360 degrees’ Baerbock has earned her a cushy new UN General Assembly post. Every circus...

Macron has been slapped in the face in more ways than one

Whatever happened between the French president and his wife on their trip to Vietnam, it completely overshadowed the politics of the visit. French President Emmanuel...

EU queen Ursula preached transparency – then did backdoor deals with Big Pharma

The scandal around Pfizer texts and Covid jabs is giving von der Leyen a taste of her own medicine. Well, this is awkward. How many...

Got coke? Just cope: Macron’s Ukraine trip was powered by drug-like delusion

The EU’s annoyingly fake ‘unity’ is as brain-rotting as any illicit substance. A brief scandal erupted last weekend during a visit to Ukraine by French...

Who der Leyen: The EU has a major, unfixable problem with its foreign policy

It must be quite a burn for Brussels elites when Washington says their most vaunted quality is not as good as they try to...

Germany wants the UK to hold its hand while it starts WWIII

The chancellor-in-waiting says he would commit to giving Kiev long-range missiles if London backs him. Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz doesn’t officially take office until May...

Le Pen conviction: How France’s courts keep sidelining the establishment’s political rivals

The case of the National Rally leader and presidential favourite, conveniently taken off future ballots, is part of a long pattern. Earlier this week, the...

Macron’s Napoleon cosplay could come at a grave cost

The French leader is mulling sending troops to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but his “little emperor” moment could turn into a nightmare for many. French President...

Trump has no idea where most of the Ukraine aid went – and honestly, who does?

Throwing billions upon billions of cash at Kiev turned out to be such a massive scam no one seems to even know the exact...

The EU’s worst enemies are its own Russophobic leaders

The bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas cheers on the Baltic states’ newfound dependence on the US. It’s a big day for the EU, says the...

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